No, this is scientifically accurate. The BP spill caused some wildlife harm, but it tended to mostly be the much hire organisms on the food chain like birds. Crude oil has some organisms capable of metabolizing it.

This environmental damage essentially represents the side effects of 90% of US farming. That's a lot of shiat. Dissolved oxygen is a big deal, and it is the single biggest concern of your local waste-water treatment plant too.

//and double last year wouldn't make sense with an underlying cause of deepwater horizon.

ikanreed:No, this is scientifically accurate. The BP spill caused some wildlife harm, but it tended to mostly be the much hire organisms on the food chain like birds.

Those are just the only ones visible to us which they couldn't deny. The oil didn't just disappear because they sunk it. It's still down there, on the bottom. How do you think all the microorganisms and plants on the bottom are doing? You know, the ones which put oxygen into the water and stop places from becoming dead zones.

J. Frank Parnell:ikanreed: No, this is scientifically accurate. The BP spill caused some wildlife harm, but it tended to mostly be the much hire organisms on the food chain like birds.

Those are just the only ones visible to us which they couldn't deny. The oil didn't just disappear because they sunk it. It's still down there, on the bottom. How do you think all the microorganisms and plants on the bottom are doing? You know, the ones which put oxygen into the water and stop places from becoming dead zones.

J. Frank Parnell:ikanreed: No, this is scientifically accurate. The BP spill caused some wildlife harm, but it tended to mostly be the much hire organisms on the food chain like birds.

Those are just the only ones visible to us which they couldn't deny. The oil didn't just disappear because they sunk it. It's still down there, on the bottom. How do you think all the microorganisms and plants on the bottom are doing? You know, the ones which put oxygen into the water and stop places from becoming dead zones.

Also, christ, phytoplankton that produce O2 are mostly found in the first 10 meters of water. Basic biology too, duder.

ikanreed:J. Frank Parnell: ikanreed: No, this is scientifically accurate. The BP spill caused some wildlife harm, but it tended to mostly be the much hire organisms on the food chain like birds.

Those are just the only ones visible to us which they couldn't deny. The oil didn't just disappear because they sunk it. It's still down there, on the bottom. How do you think all the microorganisms and plants on the bottom are doing? You know, the ones which put oxygen into the water and stop places from becoming dead zones.

While the Deepwater Horizon certainly didn't help it, the phenomenon has been tied to use of artificial fertilizers for a good long time now. It's a byproduct of the very thing that allows big-city liberals to use condescending terms like "fly-over country," which translates to, "the part of the country that keeps us from having to resort to cannibalism, in our quest for fresh food." Without large-scale agriculture, growth of urban areas would have been curtailed by the logistical limitations of shipping fresh food into them. Of course, this fresh food would have been severely limited in quantity, were it not for modern agricultural advances, including artificial fertilizers. On top of this, we denizens of "fly-over country"would have made sure we got ours first, as the economics of shipping dictates.

HAMMERTOE:It's a byproduct of the very thing that allows big-city liberals to use condescending terms like "fly-over country," which translates to, "the part of the country that keeps us from having to resort to cannibalism, in our quest for fresh food."

With the increase in urban farming, utilization of rooftops, and a general cooling effect this have you may want to rethink your statement.

J. Frank Parnell:ikanreed: No, this is scientifically accurate. The BP spill caused some wildlife harm, but it tended to mostly be the much hire organisms on the food chain like birds.

Those are just the only ones visible to us which they couldn't deny. The oil didn't just disappear because they sunk it. It's still down there, on the bottom. How do you think all the microorganisms and plants on the bottom are doing? You know, the ones which put oxygen into the water and stop places from becoming dead zones.

Do yourself a favor and RTFA and you won't sound ignorant. This was going on long before the BP spill. And it's also happening in the Chesepeake and Lake Erie.

IdBeCrazyIf:HAMMERTOE: It's a byproduct of the very thing that allows big-city liberals to use condescending terms like "fly-over country," which translates to, "the part of the country that keeps us from having to resort to cannibalism, in our quest for fresh food."

With the increase in urban farming, utilization of rooftops, and a general cooling effect this have you may want to rethink your statement.

Agriculture only amounts to half the runoff. Care to mention human sewage and lawn care for the Chesapeake(mentioned for the Mississippi)? (Seriously, even though we do have water, unlike crazier states, you think they could get in a dig at US lawn culture).You included a handy map of Maryland (and PA/DE) chicken farming. Care to include a map of MD population as well? Care to guess which has a higher correlation?What crops are you suggesting farmers grow instead of soybeans and corn (especially in the midwest)? (This is a real question, but I'm guessing that it wasn't included because even hippies don't want to eat it, and Mother Jones readers don't want to read about mass farmed livestock feed).

IdBeCrazyIf:HAMMERTOE: It's a byproduct of the very thing that allows big-city liberals to use condescending terms like "fly-over country," which translates to, "the part of the country that keeps us from having to resort to cannibalism, in our quest for fresh food."

With the increase in urban farming, utilization of rooftops, and a general cooling effect this have you may want to rethink your statement.

Just saying

Y-you really think a city can grow enough on urban farms to be self-sustaining.

Elegy:IdBeCrazyIf: HAMMERTOE: It's a byproduct of the very thing that allows big-city liberals to use condescending terms like "fly-over country," which translates to, "the part of the country that keeps us from having to resort to cannibalism, in our quest for fresh food."

With the increase in urban farming, utilization of rooftops, and a general cooling effect this have you may want to rethink your statement.

Just saying

Y-you really think a city can grow enough on urban farms to be self-sustaining.

Protip: You can't.

You will always need "flyover country."

We are with you forever.

Deal with it.

Well, in a strictly science-fiction perspective, hydroponics and some sort of cheap unlimited energy like fusion could yield incredibly controlled high density agricultural production. In near terms that's, as you said, basically impossible.